Example sentences of "be followed by a " in BNC.

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1 There are rumours of a London investment presentation , to be followed by a US roadshow .
2 He said this will be followed by a wafer fabrication plant on the same site at a cost of at least I £150m and finally a finishing and test centre .
3 IF , in the Forties and Fifties , a traditional training course for British comedians would start with the period of apprenticeship in ENSA and be followed by a stint filling in the gaps between trippers at the Windmill Theatre , these days a university degree ( from Cambridge , ideally ) has increasingly become a requisite for any successful career in stage , films or television humour .
4 While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’
5 Talks with Mr Bush and his National Security Advisor , General Brent Scowcroft , are to be followed by a what is planned to be as informal a lunch as Mrs Thatcher 's presence will permit .
6 Future projects include a series on Channel 4 in April , to be followed by a sitcom for Granada , hopefully in the summer .
7 The theory of demographic transition suggests that as nations move towards maturity that the decline in death rates , occasioned by higher living standards , will be followed by a decline in birth rates to a more or less similar level .
8 The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate .
9 That book , a ‘ bodice ripper ’ , will soon be followed by a thriller , inevitably titled Campaign .
10 The completion of the agenda then needs to be followed by a review process , either formal or informal , which analyses the factors contributing to a successful or unsuccessful activity in terms of the perceptions of all the individuals involved .
11 The £750 million upgrading of the Central Line is already under way , to be followed by a similar programme on the Northern Line ; the Jubilee Line extension and Crossrail will follow .
12 But if fear gives way to fury — as has happened with the formation of this vociferous pressure group and watchdog — those feelings need no longer be followed by a sense of frustration and impotence .
13 If the offending animal or human does not back off , then this threatening behaviour may be followed by a lunge or charge and attack with the teeth .
14 This will be followed by a review of fiscal policies .
15 Another example is the puzzling situation when an otherwise bright , healthy child has difficulty mastering reading and spelling — a syndrome labelled as dyslexia — and investigation is required , perhaps to be followed by a special educational programme ( Yule , 1988 ) .
16 In line with the programmes produced in the late 1970s , a brief contextual statement would be followed by a closer definition of the objectives to be pursued in the economic , social , environmental and housing areas , and the role to be played by various statutory authorities and the voluntary sector ( Birmingham City Council , 1987b ; Newcastle City Council , 1987 ) .
17 The cry of ‘ Put that light out ! ’ would be followed by a hasty adjustment of a black-out curtain .
18 Political upheaval and war are not necessarily associated with curriculum change ; and even when they are , change seems habitually to be followed by a reversion to the status quo ante , a tendency to equate change with relabelling , a reassertion of institutional inertia .
19 This would be followed by a massive Sunday lunch , and then sleep all afternoon .
20 If this is approved , the invitation would well be followed by a firm brief to produce a paper that could , at the BBC approved rate of reading , last anything from seven minutes to a little over an hour , at your discretion .
21 This will be followed by a discussion on the next steps to be taken .
22 Matches to commence at 12 noon and be played until 3.10pm without a break , to be followed by a 40-minute interval and the close of the second innings by 7pm .
23 The elation of witnessing birth may be followed by a sense of disorientation at being a displaced person .
24 This will be done fourteen days after this treaty is signed , and will be followed by a truce of one year . ’
25 As Titron lifted , the black water in the dock sucked away , opening up a drop of several feet , only to be followed by a surge upwards .
26 They also need to be followed by a drawing out of the conversation .
27 Its inquiry could be followed by a full-scale Monopolies and Mergers Commission probe .
28 This could be followed by a wider shot to take in the overall scene , showing the dazzling displays and hurrying shoppers .
29 The first physical separation must later be followed by a psychological separation so that the child can become an independent adult .
30 Was the Universe destined to go on expanding forever , or might it be that gravity would eventually pull all the galaxies back together again until there was a ‘ Big Crunch ’ — later to be followed by a new Big Bang ?
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